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ATTORNEY LEE FEASIEE, or' FREDERICK, OKLAHOMA.

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Specification of LettersPatent *I Patentd J111y22,`191r9.

Application filed January 11, 19.18.` Serial No. 211,379.

To" all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE FRASIER, a citizen of the United States,residingat Fred# erick, in the county of Tillman vand State of Oklahoma, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements v in Stovepipe- Cleaners, ofwhich the following is a specification. Y 4 1 This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in stove pipe cleaners, and an importantobject of my invention is to provide a device whereby the scrapingelement thereof, is held i'n close engagement with the interior wall ofthe pipe.

Another object of my invention isnto provide a device includingascraping element which operates within a stove pipe for removing soottherefrom, and may be operated by a member Vwhich extends upontheoutside of the pipe. l

Another object of my invention is to yprovide a device of the abovementioned character including means whereby" the scraping element may beremoved yfor repairing or replacing the same.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparentduringthecourse of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the descriptionandlwherein like numerals are employed for designating like charactersthroughout the same- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of the usual stovepipe with my invention applied thereto; and,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the coupling.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of va modified form of the cleaner handle.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown thepreferred elnbodiment of my invention the numeral 1 designates the usualstove pipe which is provided with the usual elbow joint 2, in the outercurved surface of which is provided an opening for a purpose which willpresently appear.

My improved cleaner consists of an elongated rod 3 adapted to pass andoperate through the above named opening, the upper end of which islooped as at 4 to provide a finger grip.

This rod 3 extends down into the section of the pipe 1 and is arrangedcentrally therein. The lowermost end of thisrod 3 is bentatsubstantially right angles, outwardly, to `form the upper horizontalportion 5, and is then curved outwardly and downwardly as at 6, theninwardly to form the horizontal portion 7. By bending the rod in thevmanner set forth, it will be seen that the portion 6is adapted to snuglyengage th'e interior wall of theA pipe at one point only on-the innerperiphery of the pipe. This goose neck also possesses a resiliency forapurpose which will presently appear. The free end of thevhorizontalportion 7 extends past the center of the pipe 1 and is then curvedupwardly as at 8 a substantial distance above the upper horizontalportion 5; The .free end of the portion 8 is adapted 4to be arranged` asubstantial distance from the: wall of the interior of the pipe, butowing to its resilient character, normally tends to engage with theinterior wall@ TheV free end of the portion 8 is threaded, as moreclearly indicated by the numeral 9 of Fig. 1, and is adapted to receivethe: raking or Vcleaning element 10.

This cleaning element is provided with a substantiallysemi-circumferential outer edge 11 which is substantially cut from acircular piece of metal having substantially the same radius as that ofthe interior of the stove pipe. The inner marginal edge 12 is curvedoutwardly toward the outer circumference of the raking element at bothends to form the pointed terminals 13 of the scraping element. Nuts 14are adapted to be received on the threaded ends 9 of the curved portionS and are adapted to clamp against the opposite faces of the scrapingelement. By the resiliency o-f the goose neck it will be readily 4recognized that rthe outer marginal edge of the scraping element isbrought into close engagement with the interior wall of the stove pipe.

The rod 4f5 and the goose neck may be formed from a single strand ofresilient wire or they may be formed in two separate sections, eachsection having a looped end adapted to be received in the channel ironcoupling 15 and secured therein by means of bolts v16.

In use, when it is desired to remove the soot from fthe inner wall ofthe stove pipe, the rod 3 is turned so that the scraping element is in aposition so that the outer marginal edge engages the upper interiorsurface of the horizontal stove pipe. The rod .of the pipe until theouterrperiphery of the scraping element engages the assumed lower sideof the pipe. The loop 4 is then grasped and moved outwardly so that therod .3 moves the cleaning element toward the stove, and rakes with itthe soot which has been cleaned from the upper interior surface of thepipe together with that which has veollected upon the lower interiorsurface. The.

pointed ends 13 of the scraping element will facilitate said elementbeing readily turned in the pipe and to out through the soot which hascollected upon thelower interior surface.

'It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to 'betaken as a preferred embodiment of the same and thatvarious changes in the sha-pe, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or theseo-pe of the sub-joined claims.

I claim:

l. A stove pipe cleaner including a handle provided with Va springmember engaging l.,

the inner wall of a pipe at one point on its periphery, and a scrapingelement carried by said spring member and retained in close engagementwith the interior wall of the pipe by said spring member engaging theopposite side of the pipe.

2. A stove pipe cleaner including a wire handle, said handle having itslower end bent outwardlly to form a spring member engaging the innerwall of a pipe, and a semi-creumferential plate secured to the free endof the spring member and retained in close engagement with the interiorwall of a pipe-by said member engaging the opposite side of the pipe.

3. A stove pipe cleaner including a resilient handle, the end of saidhandle being bent to Vform a spring member to yieldingly engage theinner periphery of the pipe at one point only and bent toward theopposite side of the pipe to be arranged in close proximity with saidside, and a scraping element carried by said end and yieldingly retainedin close engagement with said pipe by said spring member engaging theopposite side of the pipe. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE FRASIER.

l/Vitnesses E. F. WooDING,

ALEX BENGE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

